Inclusive business models to strengthen the rural population in Malawi

Video clip about our C³ Unit for Better Learning

Posted on 30 Oct, 2018

GFA’s C³ Unit for Better Learning launches a video clip about its services. The C³ Unit has expanded its services including new learning formats in order to better serve participants, projects and clients

Sustainable tourism in the Ohrid-Prespa region in Albania

Posted on 8 Oct, 2018

The prefecture and the city council of Korça, the National Agency of Protected Areas, the National Territorial Planning Agency of the Republic of Albania, and the KfW used World Tourism Day to highlight innovative ideas for eco-tourism development in the Ohrid-Prespa region

In September, Member of Parliament Eduard Shalsi, the Director of the National Agency of Protected Areas Zamir Dedej, and the KfW Development Bank’s project manager Frank Mörschel, came together to present their joint initiatives of the Albanian Government and German cooperation for the Prespa region at an event in Tirana

Art meets GFA – Oscar Dröge

GFA ISO 9001 certificate renewed

Posted on 22 Aug, 2018

GFA Consulting Group has been ISO certified since 2010. In summer 2018, an independent certification body assessed GFA's quality management system in an external audit. GFA's ISO 9001 certificate was renewed until 2021 according to the new ISO 9001:2015

Progress in SADC trade in services negotiations

Posted on 20 Aug, 2018

The expansion of trade in services in the SADC region reached an important milestone. During the annual meeting of the SADC Committee of Ministers of Trade (CMT) on 23 July, 2018 in Pretoria, the first round of negotiations on trade in services was adopted

New energy efficient dryer for GFA BRIDGES project in India

GFA signs the UN Global Compact

Posted on 3 Apr, 2018

In February 2018, GFA has become a signatory of the UN Global Compact (UNGC). With its declaration of commitment, GFA undertakes to pursue integrity in its company management, and to dedicate itself to doing business equitably and sustainably.

GFA approach to quality assurance in the Fiscal Agent Project for The Global Fund in Nigeria

Posted on 26 Mar, 2018

In January, GFA conducted a three-day workshop in Abuja. Representatives of The Global Fund as well as the GFA PFM head of department, the HQ supervisory team in charge of Nigeria, and the Fiscal Agent’s international and national team members were present.

GFA supports the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management

Posted on 13 Feb, 2018

In January 2018, GFA, in consortium with Prospect C&S, started the program “Support to the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM) through NEPAD’s Agriculture and Food Insecurity Risk Management (AFIRM)”.

Cotton Expert House Africa and Cotton made in Africa at the BMZ’s theme day

Posted on 5 Feb, 2018

Sustainability begins out in the field – Cotton Expert House Africa and Cotton made in Africa at the BMZ’s theme day “From the cotton field to the clothes hanger”. The African cotton and textile industry makes a major contribution to economic, social and environmental development in rural regions of Africa.

Opening ceremony of four mobile employment agencies in Morocco

Posted on 1 Feb, 2018

On January 24, 2018, the solemn inauguration of four “mobile employment agencies”, funded by the German government, took place in Mechra Bel Ksiri, Morocco. The Minister of Labor as well as the Minister of Health officially expressed their appreciation for the project approach during the ceremony.

Make milk, make money - Promoting young entrepreneurs in rural Mongolia

Posted on 29 Jan, 2018

Ya Chagnaadorj is a young entrepreneur in Bayankhongor district in Southern Mongolia who set up a dairy business at the age of 21. He and his wife Bayasgalan have benefitted from the Vocational Education and Training Project and the Youth Employment Promotion Project.

On Tuesday December 19th, 2017, the Closing Ceremony of the European Union-funded project Support to Reforms- Environmental Governance (StREG) took place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, in Ein el Mraisse, Beirut.

African Cotton Conference in Benin

Posted on 21 Dec, 2017

“A sustainable basis for the global textile value chain” was the topic of this year’s African Cotton Conference jointly hosted by the Cotton Expert House Africa and the Aid by Trade Foundation/Cotton made in Africa on 08 to 11 November 2017 in Cotonou, Benin.

Hakama governance reform program launched in Morocco

Posted on 21 Dec, 2017

On 6 December 2017, GFA officially launched the EU-funded Advisory Mission for Public Governance Reform in Morocco. The mission is part of the Hakama Program, which provides European support to public administration reform in Morocco.

Strengthening drought resilience in Uganda

Posted on 19 Dec, 2017

In December 2017, GFA has completed a feasibility study on possibilities of strengthening drought resilience in the predominantly pastoralist Karamoja region in Uganda for the German Development Bank and the Office of the Prime Minister.